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Alessandro Scarlatti Christoph Gluck Wolfgang Mozart - 499 words
Alessandro Scarlatti - Christoph Gluck - Wolfgang
Mozart Alessandro Scarlatti He was born in Palmero
Italy in 1660. He was the music director of the
court of Naples. He also served as the court
composer for Queen Christina of Sweden. He was a
great conductor and was later named the most
prolific composer of Italian opera of his time. He
is known as the greatest of the composers to carry
Italian Opera into its second period, as number
opera. He is also known as the creator of the
Italian Overture and a major figure in the
development of classical harmony. He made many
modifications of the current operatic style of his
time, some of which include the increased use of
instruments to accompany t ...
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Amadeus By Peter Shaffer - 1,278 words
Amadeus By Peter Shaffer The play "Amadeus" by
Peter Shaffer was not written in order to be a
biography of the great composer Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, much more than this, Peter Shaffer wrote
it as a story, rather than a history. In his story
he was free to insert fiction to make the play
more interesting to a wide audience, as well as to
fulfill his purposes. However, musicologists and
historians have written several articles claiming
that Peter Shaffer "trashed this immortal". What
none of them can see is that in "Amadeus" there
are situations that are plausible while others are
"fictional ornament". In this paper I will make an
attempt to point what is fiction or untruth. The
center of th ...
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Analysis Of Haydns Emperor And Mozarts Requiem - 1,268 words
Analysis of Haydn's Emperor and Mozart's Requiem
On February 8, 2000 I attended a concert presented
by the Festival Chamber Music Society. The
performers were a string quartet and a French
horn. Eriko Sato is a violinist who has won the
Tibor Varga International competition and has
appeared as a soloist with the Louisville and
Tokyo Imperial orchestras. Laurie Smukler is also
a violinist. She is a graduate of Juliard where
she studied with Ivan Galamian. She was also a
founding member of the Mendelssohn String Quartet.
Ruth Sommers was the director and the cellist. She
too is graduate of Julliard and studied with
Leonard Rose and Harvey Shapiro. Steven Taylor
play the oboe. He is a member of ...
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Austria - 1,042 words
Austria Austria Austria is the republic in central
Europe. It is about 360 miles long and has an area
of about 32,378 square miles. Vienna is the
countrys capital and largest city. Austria is
predominantly a mountainous country, with an
average elevation of about 3000 feet. Most of the
land falls within the eastern part of the Alps. In
general the major mountain ranges of Austria run
in an eastern-western direction and are separated
from one another by large valleys. The
northernmost line of ranges includes the North
Tirol Alps and the Salzburg Alps. Among the
central range is the Hohe Tauern, which tops in
the Grossglockner, the highest elevation in the
country. The Pasterze Glacier, one of ...
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Beethoven - 753 words
Beethoven BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827) The
composer of some of the most influential pieces of
music ever written, Ludwig van Beethoven created a
bridge between the 18th-century classical period
and the new beginnings of Romanticism. His
greatest breakthroughs in composition came in his
instrumental work, including his symphonies.
Unlike his predecessor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
for whom writing music seemed to come easily,
Beethoven always struggled to perfect his work.
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany,
and was baptized on Dec. 17, 1770. (There is no
record of his birth date.) His father and
grandfather worked as court musicians in Bonn.
Ludwig's father, a singer, gave him ...
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Beethoven - 479 words
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was a German
composer who is considered to be one of the
greatest musicians of all time. He was born in
Bonn. Beethovens fathers harsh discipline and
alcoholism made his childhood and adolescence
difficult. After his mothers death, at the age of
18, he placed himself at the head of the family,
taking responsibility for his two younger
brothers, both of whom followed him when he later
moved to Vienna, Austria. In Bonn, Beethovens most
important composition teacher was German composer
Christian Gottlob Neefe, with whom he studied
during the 1780s. Neefe mostly used the music of
German composer Johann Sebastian Bach in his
instruction. He later encouraged his stud ...
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Classical Music - 606 words
Classical Music Classical Music, popular term for
the Western tradition of art music that began in
Europe in the Middle Ages and continues today. It
includes symphonies, chamber music, opera, and
other serious, artistic music. More narrowly, the
"classical" style refers to the work of the
Viennese classical school, a group of 18th-century
composers that includes Franz Joseph Haydn,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven,
which is the epitome of what is called classical
music. Choral Music, music sung by a group of
people, using two or more singers to perform each
musical line. The term part-song is used for vocal
music having one singer for each part. Choral
music is written for c ...
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Construction And Playing - 934 words
Construction and Playing The main parts of the
violin are the front, also called the belly, top,
or soundboard, usually made of well-seasoned
spruce; the back, usually made of well-seasoned
maple; and the ribs, neck, fingerboard, pegbox,
scroll, bridge, tailpiece, and f-holes, or
soundholes (see illustration). The front, back,
and ribs are joined together to form a hollow
sound box. The sound box contains the sound post,
a thin, dowel-like stick of wood wedged inside
underneath the right side of the bridge and
connecting the front and back of the violin; and
the bass-bar, a long strip of wood glued to the
inside of the front under the left side of the
bridge. The sound post and bass-bar are ...
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Death Of A Great Composer - 617 words
Death Of A Great Composer It is hard to believe
that the death of a man can remain unknown for
several centuries. It is even harder to believe
that the death of one of the greatest composers of
all time, is indeed that. That composer, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, was a child prodigy. He performed
for royalty, wrote and composed symphonies, and
learn to play the violin and organ without
instruction all before he ever reached the age of
seven. Mozart was truly blessed with a gift from
God to hear the music before he ever wrote it.
Many people were aware of that gift, including
Antonio Salieri. Salieri was the court composer
and was thought of highly until the works of
Mozart became heard in Vienna ...
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I Went To The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Concert At Eastman Theatre On Thursday Night, February 12, 1998 Four Selection - 846 words
I went to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
concert at Eastman Theatre on Thursday night,
February 12, 1998. Four selections were performed.
Two were by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the overture
to Don Giovanni, K. 527 and Piano Concerto No. 22
in E-flat major for piano and orchestra, K. 482.
The other pieces were Theme and Variations: The
Four Temperaments for piano and string orchestra
by Paul Hindemith and Rounds for string orchestra
by David Diamond. The piano soloist for the
Hindemith and Mozart Piano Concerto was Emanuel Ax
and Robert Bernhardt conducted. The first piece,
the Overture to Don Giovanni, written by Mozart in
1787, was performed by a smaller sized orchestra
with some brass ...
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Joseph Haydn - 1,233 words
... rote specially for the occasion. In 1764
Prince Nicholas wanted to build a new palace, with
extravagant gardens much like those of the Palace
of Versailles. The construction immediately went
underway and in 1768 after completion of the Music
House, Haydn and the musicians moved in. Once
everything was settled, Haydn became very busy. He
composed theater works for puppet plays, the
operas La Cantarina and Lo Speziale, as well as
five or six symphonies a year. Between 1761 and
1765, Haydn had written over twenty symphonies. By
that time, the orchestra Haydn was in charge of
had been expanded to twenty-two players, all of
whom had much consideration and respect for Haydn.
Out of this respec ...
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Meaning Of Death - 1,830 words
Meaning Of Death Death is a word that we know and
fear, but what exactly does the word death mean to
you? The end of life? The end of time? The end of
hope? Wellmaybe. Some see Death as a messenger
sent by god to take away people's lives. For some
people, death is the worse of the worse thing of
all, but for the protagonists in the plays Amadeus
and Waiting for Godot death is something that they
do not fear. They actually want to die or use
death as a tool to achieve a certain goal.
Although this might sound odd, there is a solid
logic behind it. While death is a significant
theme in both plays, the meaning of death between
the two plays varies. In the play Waiting for
Godot, Estragon and Vl ...
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Mozart - 653 words
Mozart I'm writing my paper on Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. I will be talking about his life and his
music. I will tell you a little bit about his
father, wife, and son. Mozart was the leading
composer of the Classical Age. He wrote many
different types of music. He was the best composer
of his time. Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria
on January 27, 1756. He was around music his
entire life. By the age of three, he had begun to
show a love of music. He would listen to his
sister play the piano for hours at a time. Then he
would get up on the bench and try it himself. He
loved to watch and learn from his sister. When
Mozart was five, he was already doing plays. He
took part in a comedy called S ...
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Mozart - 1,962 words
Mozart "The classical period produced more
instrumental than vocal music, a wealth of serious
and comic operas as well as vocal religious music
also appeared during this time"(Ferris, 231). One
of the best composer of this time was Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. In this paper I will go through
his childhood, his friends and family, and of
course his music. Enjoy!!! Child of the
Enlightenment The world that Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart entered ceremoniously in 1756 was brimming
in change. Historians refer to this era as the Age
of Enlightenment, one of unparalleled scientific,
philosophical, and political ferment. Within
Mozarts lifetime it set in motion forces that
would fundamentally alter life not on ...
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Mozart - 611 words
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in
Salzburg, Austria on January 27th, 1756. He was
born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl. Leopol was a
very successful composer, voilinist, and the
assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court.
Mozart showed musical talent at a very young age.
By age five he was composing minuets.And at age
six he played before the Bavarian Elector and the
Austrian Empress.His father taught him, but said
teahcing Wolfgang was hard because he knew so much
already. His father was also his largest
influence. In 1763 Wolfgangs father, Leopold, took
him and his sister, Maria Anna, on a concert tour
of Europe. The children performed in many courts
and large cities including ...
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Mozart - 1,811 words
Mozart Yekaterina Todika Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized in Salzburg
Cathedral on the day after his birth as Joannes
Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus. The first and
last given names come from his godfather Joannes
Theophilus Pergmayr, although Mozart preferred the
Latin form of this last name, Amadeus, more often
Amade, or the Italiano Amadeo. Whatever the case
may be, he rarely-if ever-used Theophilus in his
signature. The name Chrysostomus originates from
St. John Chrysostom, whose feast falls on the 27th
of January. The name Wolfgang was given to him in
honor of his maternal grandfather, Wolfgang
Nikolaus Pertl. He was the seventh and last child
born to musi ...
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Mozart Death - 1,802 words
Mozart Death For the past two hundred years,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death has been shrouded
in mystery. Some say his great rival, Antonio
Salieri, or the Freemasons murdered him. Others
say he was simply exhausted. And some believe he
died from sickness. It has been established that
Mozart suffered from various illnesses, which no
doubt contributed to his death. But some
researchers have concluded that physical and
mental exhaustion greatly affected Mozart, and
contributed to his early death. These researchers
claim that by cramming more work and play into one
year than most people did in ten years, Mozart
literally"burned himself out". The constant strain
on his body forced it to succumb ...
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Mozart Effect - 1,576 words
... oduce delta waves that range from .5 to 3 Hz.
The slower the brain waves, the more relaxed,
contended, and peaceful a person feels. Music with
about 60 beats per minute can shift conscouisness
from the beta toward the alpha range, enhancing
alertness and well-being. While most people
respond physically and emotionally to music, a few
go beyond that. For some music therapy is mystical
experience used to transport them into altered
states of consciousness. Patients sometimes report
transpersonal experiences with music, and the
impression it leaves may linger for months or even
years. These experiences can have a therapeutic
effect by changing the individual at a deep
spiritual level. Effec ...
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Music For Children - 1,297 words
Music For Children Music For Children Music is an
important component for all people to posses in
their lives. A child should be introduced to music
at a very young age. The introduction of every
type of music from classical all the way to modern
rock is important. This gives a child the ability
to form their own opinion to what they might like
the best. Classical music can teach a child every
aspect of music including, harmony, themes,
dynamics, polymeters, and polyrhythms. These are
the components that are scarce in modern music
today. The three major components of variation are
melody, rhythm, and meter. Variation is an
important key to teach a child so that they
understand the there are ...
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Music, - 853 words
J.R. Music, Ludwig Van Beethoven and W.A. Mozart
are the two most important musicians of their
time. Their pieces are everlasting and will live
on forever. Their styles are so unique and
uplifting that they could never be matched. These
masterminds played in the same time period but
their lives differed tremendously. There are some
similarities and many differences between these
two but one fact will remain: They are the central
and most vital part of all music. Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart was one of the most prolific and important
musical innovators we have ever seen. His style of
music helped re-shape music and the Classical
period. Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in
1756. Mozart was a ch ...
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